Albany (ALB) – Washington (BWI)
- Distance
- 464 km
- 289 mi · 251 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 14 min / 1 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: ALB → BWI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 106 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (63 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 417,861
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.7%
- Flights / week
- 67
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 539,321 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ALB
- 212°
- Heading from BWI
- 30°
- Halfway point
- 40.97, -75.27
- Great-circle km
- 464 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ALB → BWI
- 58 min
- In the air BWI → ALB
- 52 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 41,640 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,694 |
| Oct 2025 | 37,980 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,708 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,632 |
| Jan 2026 | 25,876 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,925 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,035 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,929 |
| May 2026 | 35,749 |
| Jun 2026 | 37,850 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,843 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 295 |
| Sep 2025 | 292 |
| Oct 2025 | 300 |
| Nov 2025 | 284 |
| Dec 2025 | 301 |
| Jan 2026 | 246 |
| Feb 2026 | 254 |
| Mar 2026 | 303 |
| Apr 2026 | 300 |
| May 2026 | 308 |
| Jun 2026 | 298 |
| Jul 2026 | 290 |
Airlines flying ALB–BWI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,921 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 869 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 680 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1 flight
Also carried: 153 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 9 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,524
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 39% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 14% · weather 2% · security 1%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $259
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $232
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $202 · Q3 2025 $244 · Q4 2025 $235 · Q1 2026 $259).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $258, likely $220–$299
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.1%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 464 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Albany and Washington
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